The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-13
pe,ticoats in Politics.

LEAvENwoKrH Kan. April The advent
4 Of petticoais in polite, has cansed a s''cial
warfare here thai dwarfs into insignificsnc,
+ the most bitterly contested ISSUES of the old
er partieS.
Refined ladieS- robei IA the richest fab
! rics. turned out in their carriages. embraced
their eolored washerwomen, and even held
out their hands to sinful women. for one OBJ
/ iect-to secure enough female votes 10 defeat
a peregrinating member Of their sex who has
/ stirred 10 hornet nest in their city. And
! they did it, too But the margin oftrumph
! j. 70 narrow that they shuddrr at the humii-
iatian they ~ narrowly e~eaI.ed.
M. Cougar. of Lafayette, Ind, promi-
nent Temperance organizer. arrived here a
week ago and formed coalition with Mr..
Garrigue~. the Republican candidate for
Mavor She delivered number Of cam
paign sre,ch,, and brought over the
| Women Christian Temperance Union 10
the Republican side She wa interviewed
by number Of correspondents. and one of
them quoted her as saving thar the exclusive
social ~ OF Leavenworth was reeking with
corruption Thi. caused a cyclone. and Mn.
Cougar denied the interview and had the
correspondent arr--fei for criminal lible
He maintaiuel eat had quoted her rightly.
and the -ociety Ia. 'is- believed him and had
Organized aud ysts.1 Or Mr. Neely. the Dem
ocrat. They determined 10 stoop TO CON
quer. and ir wa- woman against woman.
The men stood 10y and sazed on the refresh
ing sight with interest
The ladie> were not only enthusiastic for
their candidates. but they engaged in actions
that AT any other time would have seemed
con,emptible They recognized early in
the fray that the wa>herwoman patron
age was an element that should not be over
looked. They pressed into service carriages
of all kinds and orded them hither and
thither TO pick up all women. irrespective of
color or social standing, 10 east their ballots
for their particular candidates. Ladies hoy
cred among the men. and many a sweet
heart convinced her lover that he ought 10
vote tor her candidate. some women served
luncheon iu their parlorS tu catch the votes
Of gentlemen who. 10y pre-aran@ed scheme
called upon them. but can never do 50 again,
ur at least until the next election. And
then the gentlemen We're hurried away in
mxunously upholstered vehicles To place
their votes to suit the smiles Of their fair
friend, and companions.
col y. q Anthony. who assisted Mrs
Cougar. worked bard ter the Republican,
Prohibition ticket. and This ticket would
have been elscted without trouble but Tor
hcuniortunate sentiments a~cribci 10 Mr.
Gougar.
4 Wichita dispatch say The most la
dicraus srene- were enacted here during the
municipal elections, There were 6p9 women
registered, and Of these ~ put down their
names a. sports About 3up are Prahibi-
tioni~t~ and the rest married ladies with mo
decided view, on the liquor question. Al
len. Republican. and Martin Labor. werc the
candidates for Mayor The sports were
the first % exercise their newly acquired
privileges, and a. they drove up in their car
riage~ were greeted with cheers and ia some
cases with insulting remark> There were
fully 1900 transient stranger in town and
they gatherd around the polls and watched
the fun, The sports voted ,olidly tor Mar
tim and the rest of thc female vote was
about equally divided Martin wa, elected
hy about Gn1 majority